Hot air balloons carrying tourists rise above the pagodas at dawn in Myanmar's northern ancient town of Bagan on Feb. 26, 2012. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) For years, Myanmar was an island unto itself. Though the Asian country of 60 million is bordered by multiple countries, for years it practiced a policy of isolationism. Little was known of what happened inside the country's borders aside from the ethnic violence that became deadly enough to make international headlines. But after a democratic election...